Ronin Warriors Fan Fiction ❯ Purgatory ❯ No such thing as Peace ( Chapter 6 )

Disclaimer: Just borrowing, no keeping, promise.

 

A/N: Whew! That last one was a record for me! Yipes! Guess I better get on the ball and start typing! Glad you all like it. But I gotta say….who on earth ever said this is going to be a Mia/Anubis fic? Don't get me wrong, I Love that couple but geez…it could be a Mia/? fic. Maybe it will be I don't know yet, just whatever the mood strikes me.

 

 

Purgatory

 

Cyren screamed her rage. Never, Never, NEVER had she lost a guest. But even for one as old as she, never was a long time. And not only had she lost one, but she had lost three, one to the Mortal realm and the other two were, where else? The Dynasty. Ye Gods! She already knew which ones they were. No need to ask, Siam that murdering son of a bitch, Rinoa the wily bitch, she probably was the ringleader. And, of course her most treasured guest of all: Anubis.

 

She had lost count of how many centuries he had spent in her humble home, and here he was leaving with out even saying good-bye. Not even a `Thank you for helping me see the error of my ways' just a dead guard, and one of her best, she noted. This calmed her down, if they had killed one of her best then more than likely they would be very hard to catch, so she had best calm down and begin to plan carefully, this was her first unauthorized release ever. She had best make sure that it was the last.

 

A grim smile appeared on her face. Yes indeed, when they were caught, she would make sure personally that they never left her home again.

 

Sitting on the edge of the porch Yulie looked up at the stars silently asking, begging someone, anyone to wake Mia up. She had been out cold since early this morning. Around two Yulie had shot up out of bed after he heard that scream. Running from his room he saw that the others had beat him there and were crowding around Kento asking a lot of questions. Kento never answered then, he was checking her pulse and looking very scared.

 

Now all of them were fighting. Kento finally said something and it had something to do with Anubis and then they called him a liar and then everything had turned into chaos. Something about her breathing last night. Yulie shook his head to clear it. He really didn't get what Kento was talking about but he knew he wasn't a liar. He believed in Justice way too much to lie about anything. Just like he could trust Cye for anything or any reason.

 

Out of nowhere he saw the Warlords come running up to the house. They must have got word about this somehow. Things were probably gonna get worse. Great. He felt the helpless rage well up inside of him again and though he fought them the tears fell anyways. He got up and began to run from that place. It wasn't home, not anymore. He ran to get away from the yelling and fighting. He just wanted to hit something, something smaller and weaker than he was. He always felt better when he made someone else hurt as bad as he did.

 

Cale's head was pounding, throbbing in time with the ticking clock that they called `Grandfather.' For a moment he wondered if the old man Koji `s spirit was trapped within it. Or if the clock was just called that. Hell there was a lot of things he didn't get in this crazy Mortal Realm. Whatever happened to the world he left behind? Gods!

 

Opening his eyes to the scene in the dining room he surveyed the others. Still fighting. Sighing he waited a moment longer then taking a deep breath…

“Will all of you shut up?!” Using his strongest voice, the same voice he used in battles to command troops and intimidate his foes, he finally heard silence. “Thank you.” Was all he said with a sarcastic sneer. “Now that I have attention…Kento. You said you recognized the breathing patterns as Anubis's, correct? “ The Ronin stiffened as if he were about to get in another fight but nodded his ascension.

 

“I believe you.” Was the only reply from the former warlord. Shock was expressed by others as well as Kento. “Listen to me. All of you!” Quite once more. “I also identify my opponents by breathing patterns. I have to if I'm in a position were even if it is dark and they can't see I also may not be able to see them. I don't usually fight fair. And I don't usually like to fight in wide-open spaces. I fight in caves, small crowded rooms, places that it is difficult to navigate when someone can see let alone when it is pitch black. I may be able to see in the dark but I have to keep an eye on where I'm going too. So in order to find my prey, I listen. And in listening I learn if they are scared, if they are ready for an attack, if they are wounded, or if they are ready to attack me. Each person has a different breathing pattern. Seems to me that Hardrock has learned the same skill. If so then I for one will not question him when he says that Mia is being possessed by the spirit of Anubis.”

 

Stillness, silence greeted his words. Kento looked relieved. The others still looked doubtful, but he knew that his words went a long way in solving this pointless argument. Soon they would believe and they would be on their way to finding why this was happening instead. He walked out into the gathering night to clear his head, being all of that light did not help his pounding headache. Let the shadows chase away the unnecessary thoughts. Darkness had always soothed him, let it do so again.